She Blooms Even in Winter – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on Raymar panel My newest portrait…I love her thoughtful gaze, and the minimal colors of the background, which really let the colors of her skin, hair, and those flowers, come through beautifully. She’s a petite portrait, only 8 x 10 inches. But these Raymar…
At the end of last year, I started this portrait, which turned into a mixed media festival…there are gift wrapping papers, tissue paper, stencil work, script, and lots of play. It was a joy to watch her become this French beauty. La Belle Femme de Paris (The Beautiful Woman from Paris) – 11 x 14…
Her Crown of Flowers – 9 x 12 inch acrylic on stretched canvas This is my first blog post since the end of November! I had limited time for painting the last month and a half, due to family responsibilities, but I am getting slowly back into an art schedule, and I am finally able…
I wanted to share my new portrait with you today. I am still trying to get loose and free with brush strokes, and I am loving where my portraits are headed these days. Portrait of Karsyn – is a 9 x 12 inch acrylic painting on stretched canvas (SOLD, thank you!) When I start out…
When I started out painting less than a decade ago, I was painting small 5 x 7 inch portraits. I loved that size for various reasons. One, is that I don’t paint every day, and small sizes helped me to do quite a few portraits in one sitting. Also, they are easily shipped. Slowly, as…
I am excited to say there is a three week sale going on in my little art shop, ArtcyLucy on Etsy…from now until December 10, 2018 I have 50 different original art pieces all on sale for $25 each! It is my biggest sale ever! Most of these paintings are 5 x 7 inches, 6…
Dreamer – 11 x 14 inch acrylic on Raymar panel (Available in my Etsy shop) Such a peaceful girl, with such a wild background…a crazy combination, I know. But she was so fun to work on, and I just LOVE her little quote…something to remember. On the Verge – 11 x 14 inch acrylic on…
This summer has been a FULL one, and there has been lots of art making around here. More drawing than painting in the last few weeks though. I have finished up two more painted portraits, and you will see a bit of abstract qualities to them. I am concentrating on my year’s goal, to really…
I’ve been painting like crazy this summer, at every opportunity. Going to the museums in Vienna this past February, really set me on a path to see where I could go with my art. You will notice I have a fascination with hands lately. Combined with the lessons on Let’s Face It 2018 online class,…
We had a wonderful week of learning about Marc Chagall in my Let’s Face It 2018 class. Ivy Newport gave us a nice review of Chagall’s life and art, and some lessons on how to paint while being influenced by his style. I went and did some research on my own, trying to decide how…
I am working in the style of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec this month, for a lesson in Let’s Face It class. I love his use of bold chunks of color, whether he was using pastels or oil paints. I studied a few of my favorites of his, and then went to work, creating something that was inspired…
Portrait of Tasha – 9 x 12 inch mixed media on stretched canvas I am enjoying collage again, which is something I used to do years ago. In this painting, I combined the flowers, which are from paper napkins, with acrylic paint and the young woman’s portrait. I love using unexpected things in my art.…
